Hardcover - NEW
From Rupi Kaur, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.
Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.
 
 this is the recipe of life
 said my mother
 as she held me in her arms as i wept
 think of those flowers you plant
 in the garden each year 
 they will teach you
 that people too
 must wilt
 fall
 root
 rise
 in order to bloom